Foreign Podicy

A national security and foreign policy podcast from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).

Episodes

Total: 244

Africa is a large and diverse continent. Many different peoples, ethnic groups, tribes — these terms

The U.N. and other international organizations were designed to give structure to what we like to ca

Raisi Rising

2021/6/24

An election – of sorts – was held in the Islamic Republic of Iran last week. The victor: Ebrahim Rai

David Albright is a physicist, a former nuclear inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency

The Islamic Republic of Iran provides Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad with rockets and other wea

President Biden has been eager to rejoin the deal that President Obama concluded with Iran’s rulers

The Middle East Muddle

2021/5/10

Here’s a riddle for you: Name something Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have in common? Here's on

In the West Bank and Gaza, elections are not frequent occurrences. The last one was in 2006. Hamas,

In January, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the World Health Organization to fully inv

Putin vs. the Press

2021/4/9

In the Soviet Union, all media were controlled by the state, and foreign correspondents were severel

Joby Warrick is a distinguished journalist, a longtime Washington Post national security reporter, a

With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on ear

February 11, 2021 is the forty-second anniversary of the revolution that transformed Iran from a Wes

Thinking Bigly at Foggy Bottom

2021/1/29

Starting in 2019, and until the recent change of administration, Peter Berkowitz served as director

Arms Control and the Man

2020/12/22

Marshall Billingslea has worked on a range of significant and difficult national security issues. He

The Powers that Should Be

2020/12/2

Robert Gates served as secretary of defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He als

In theory, the United Nations and other international organizations express the will of something ca

Sharansky’s Lives

2020/11/6

Natan Sharansky grew up in the Soviet Union where he became an elite mathematician and chess whiz. B

China’s German Connection

2020/10/19

Chinese President Xi Jinping sees the United States as the primary adversary and rival of the People

The U.S. Southern Command, SOUTHCOM, is one of six geographic combatant commands. It’s responsible f